The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1973] QB 530
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
FEELY
1972 Dec. 4;
15
Phillimore, Stephenson, Lawton L.JJ., Melford Stevenson and Brabin JJ.
Crime
— Theft
— Dishonest appropriation
— Taking employers' money from till
— Intention to repay
— Borrowing for employee's own purposes when forbidden to do so
— Wages owing in excess of money taken
— Whether “dishonestly” taken matter for jury
— Whether fraud essential element in theft
—
Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), s. 1 (1)
Statute
— Construction
— Words used in ordinary sense
— “Dishonestly”
— Whether definition by judge necessary
—
Theft Act 1968, s. 1 (1)
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